Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waþil

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *waþilaz,[1][2] perhaps from *waþaz +‎ *-ilaz (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂uh₁-tó-s (“blowing”), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”) +‎ *-tós. Possibly cognate with Old Norse véli (“bird's tail”), Norwegian Nynorsk vele (“tail, bird's tail”),[3][1] Latin vatillum (“winnowing shovel”), vannus (“winnowing basket”). Equivalent to *wāan (“to blow”) +‎ *-þ +‎ *-il.[2]

Noun

*waþil m

  1. whisk, brush, fan

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *waþil
Genitive *waþilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *waþil *waþilō, *waþilōs
Accusative *waþil *waþilā
Genitive *waþilas *waþilō
Dative *waþilē *waþilum
Instrumental *waþilu *waþilum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: wedel, widel (“frond, holy tassel, aspergillum”)
  • Old Saxon: wethil (“whisk, brush”)
  • Old High German: wadil, wadal, wedil (“whisk, fan”)
    • Middle High German: wadel, wedel
  • →? Latin: vatillum (“winnowing shovel”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wedel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 780: “g. *wap(i)la- m.”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*waþilan ~ *waþilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “Derived from *wējanan”
  3. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Vêle”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 856-857
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